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[crumpler]

My home rig. Just some AD2000s hooked up to a DACport. Colour me happy!

 

[ryanfooshihao]

HI

Hey people just use the white earbuds supplied with the 160 GB ipod classic sounds friggin good hahah nah just kidding. Here is my humble collection

DAP:-Sony Nwz-X1050
-Apple Iphone 4
-Apple Ipod 80 GB classic

Amps:-Ordnance .22
-Rsa hornet

IEMs:-Shure se210,420,530
-UE TF10pro
-Koss ke29e(Backup)
-Sony Ex600
-Sony nc020
-Apple earbuds hahahahaa

Customs:-UE11pro

Headphones:-Audio technica Esw9
-koss Porta pros

 

[TeamStereo]

Hey people just use the white earbuds supplied with the 160 GB ipod classic sounds friggin good hahah nah just kidding. Here is my humble collection

DAP:-Sony Nwz-X1050
-Apple Iphone 4
-Apple Ipod 80 GB classic

Amps:-Ordnance .22
-Rsa hornet

IEMs:-Shure se210,420,530
-UE TF10pro
-Koss ke29e(Backup)
-Sony Ex600
-Sony nc020
-Apple earbuds hahahahaa

Customs:-UE11pro

Headphones:-Audio technica Esw9
-koss Porta pros

xiong leh?

 

[jmwreck]

fiio E5 & sansa clip+

 

[TeamStereo]

My home rig. Just some AD2000s hooked up to a DACport. Colour me happy!

aviation industry? gotta love the red tag.

you didn't mention the expensive Harman Kardon speakers you have on your table

 

[FatalethaL]

aviation industry? gotta love the red tag.

you didn't mention the expensive Harman Kardon speakers you have on your table

btw is tat speakers good? compared to Audioengine 5?

 

[TeamStereo]

btw is tat speakers good? compared to Audioengine 5?

It's about $1,500 or so if i'm not mistaken. Did had a trail run of it before, failed to impress me for it's price though

 

[Kenji458]

Well Kenji458, here is my imepressions on the EX-1000.

The bass extends very low, but yet is not on the boomy side. For a dynamic driver IEM, the quantity of bass might be a bit lacking for bassheads, but the quality of the bass is really top notch. The bass also has a slightly longer decay as in the bass lingers for a while, yet not overly so. I think Sony intentionally tuned the EX-1000's bass like this to achieve the romantic effect on the vocals. The mids are ultra smooth and very sweet. I also noticed that unlike many dynamic driver IEMs, the bass of EX-1000 does not bleed into the mids. All I can say is that this baby is really tuned for vocals. But if I am comparing the mids of ES5 and EX-1000, I would say the ES5 has the signature Westone mids that is slightly forward while the EX-1000 sounds a bit thinner but more romantic. The treble was on the sibilant side off the box, but has tamed down after 20 hours of burn in. The treble now is quite extended and smooth without sounding sibilant.

The PRaT is on the more mellow and slower side. The EX-1000 is quite a bright IEM, but to me it still remains on the neutral side. While it has the signature dynamic driver qualities in its bass and organic sound, what surprised me was the details and clarity that it was able to bring out from my music. The details and clarity that I'm able to hear does not sound like what most dynamic driver IEMs are capable of. Comparing EX-1000 and ES5, I'm able to hear the details and clarity more readily on EX-1000. But the same details and clarity are still present on my ES5, just that EX-1000 presents them more readily due to the thinner mids. The soundstage of EX-1000 definitely trumps ES5 in terms of width, as EX-1000 is vented. The depth for both IEMs are equally good. Instrument separation is also a tie in my books. But ES5 trumps EX-1000 on the imaging. ES5 is more precise on the imaging by quite a bit than EX-1000. A lot of people has commented on the poor fit and isolation of EX-1000, but I'm able to get a relatively good fit after fiddling EX-1000 for a while. As this is a vented dynamic driver IEM, I expected isolation to be quite poor. But EX-1000 surprised me on the isolation part when I used the silicon with foam tips; it isolated more than I expected.

After trying so many IEMs in the market, I'm very pleased to have gotten the EX-1000 as my back up IEM to my ES5. It complements the ES5 really well. One is a customs while the other is a dynamic driver IEM. The ES5 scores on a customised fit and excellent isolation with a typical balanced armature sound signature albeit a bit warm, but the EX-1000 completes the picture with it's sweet and romantic presentation that ES5 is never ever able to replicate. EX-1000 also scores on managing to sound very coherant and natural across the full spectrum of sound, while ES5 still faces the limitations of sounding less coherant due to the use of multiple drivers. I've heard several high end dynamic driver IEMs such as IE8, CX-980, MTPC, Miles Davis Tribute and JVC FX-500, but none are able to impressed me as much as EX-1000. Sony has really got a winner in their hands.

Thanks for the detailed review! Sony is gonna release their 1 to 4 BA iems soon. Wonder how the XAB-4's gonna compare to W4, http://www.sony.com.sg/product/xba-4. Quad Balanced Armature Full Range + Woofer + Tweeter + Super Woofer and superb easy to drive @ 8ohms!

 

[kaikai1805]

 

[TeamStereo]

nice looking Westone 4 with Cowon J3

 

[Unlimitedjr]

is this considered..?

cowon e2>um1s

 

[UnDeaDAfk]

erm lengbebe can i know the damage for that dac/amp combo? alot of good review for that.

 

[ckryan3]

*off topic* Is that an Imperator I see in the back ground? *off topic*
Yup, of course it counts!

 

[Unlimitedjr]

haha its a deathadder :X

 

[raisins]

 

[Guan22]

Is that an SM3 V2 with Twag?

 

[raisins]

yeah

 

[d4rkm4st3r]

Nice rig.. How u find the cables?

 

[raisins]

its great! thanks

 

[Guan22]

Tried SM3 V2 with my TWag at Jaben a couple of weeks ago. The diff between SM3 V2 stock cable and TWag is really day and night. With stock cable, SM3 sounded veiled and muddy with the details being obscured. But when I switched to TWag, the clarity immediately showed up and details sprouted out like mushrooms!